2019 Davis Cup

2019 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	1 February – 1 December 2019
Edition	108th
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
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The 2019 Davis Cup was the 108th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by Rakuten.^[1]

For this edition, the format of the cup was changed.^[2] The main modification is the World Group took place at one location and in one week, with eighteen teams divided in six round-robin groups of three teams each, with the winners of the groups and the two best second places advancing to quarterfinals. The series between the teams in this stage featured two singles matches and one doubles match, instead of the best-of-5 series, with the matches changing from best of 5 sets to best of 3. As the World Group was taking place as one single tournament, this event had been named the 2019 Davis Cup Finals. The lower zone groups I and II were composed of single ties deciding promotion or relegation.

Spain won their sixth title (their first since 2011), defeating Canada in the final 2–0. Rafael Nadal received the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for his performance in the tournament, after he won 8 of the 8 matches he participated in.^[3]

Davis Cup Finals

Date: 18–24 November 2019^[4]
Venue: Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain^[5]
Surface: Hard court^[4]

18 nations are taking in the finals, formerly known as World Group. The qualification is as follows:

4 semifinalists of the previous edition
2 wild card teams
12 winners of a qualifier round, in February 2019

H = Host Nation, TH = Title-Holder, 2018SF = Semi-Finalists from the 2018 tournament, WC = Wild Card

Participating teams
Argentina (WC)	Australia	Belgium	Canada	Chile	Colombia
Croatia (TH)	France (2018SF)	Germany	Great Britain (WC)	Italy	Japan
Kazakhstan	Netherlands	Russia	Serbia	Spain (H, 2018SF)	United States (2018SF)

Seeds

The seedings are based on the Nations Ranking of 4 February.^[6]

France
Croatia (TH)
Argentina
Belgium
Great Britain
United States

Qualifying round

Date: 1–2 February 2019

Twenty-four teams played for twelve spots in the Finals, in series decided on a home and away basis.^[7]

These twenty-four teams are:

4 losing quarterfinalists of the previous edition,
8 winners of World Group play-offs of previous edition, and
12 best teams not previously qualified with best ranking of their zone:
- 6 from Europe/Africa,
- 3 from Asia/Oceania, and
- 3 from Americas.

The 12 losing teams from the qualifying round then played at the Group I of the corresponding continental zone in September.

#: Nations Ranking as of 29 October 2018.^[8]

Seeded teams

Belgium (2018 Quarterfinalist, #4)
Serbia (2018 play-off winner, #8)
Australia (best ranked for replacing wild cards, #9)
Italy (2018 Quarterfinalist, #10)
Germany (2018 Quarterfinalist, #11)
Switzerland (2nd best ranked for replacing wild cards, #12)
Kazakhstan (2018 Quarterfinalist, #13)
Czech Republic (2018 play-off winner, #14)
Sweden (2018 play-off winner, #15)
Austria (2018 play-off winner, #16)
Canada (2018 play-off winner, #17)
Japan (2018 play-off winner, #18)

Unseeded teams

Hungary (Europe/Africa's best ranked, #21)
Netherlands (Europe/Africa's 2nd best ranked, #22)
Russia (Europe/Africa's 3rd best ranked, #23)
Portugal (Europe/Africa's 4th best ranked, #26)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Europe/Africa's 5th best ranked, #27)
Slovakia (Europe/Africa's 6th best ranked, #29)
India (Asia/Oceania's best ranked, #20)
Uzbekistan (Asia/Oceania's 2nd best ranked, #24)
China (Asia/Oceania's 3rd best ranked, #30)
Colombia (Americas' best ranked, #19)
Chile (Americas' 2nd best ranked, #25)
Brazil (Americas' 3rd best ranked, #28)

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface	Ref.
Brazil	1–3	Belgium [1]	Uberlândia	Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves	Clay (i)	^[9]
Uzbekistan	2–3	Serbia [2]	Tashkent	Saxovat Sport Servis Sport Complex	Hard (i)	^[10]
Australia [3]	4–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Adelaide	Memorial Drive Tennis Club	Hard	^[11]
India	1–3	Italy [4]	Kolkata	Calcutta South Club	Grass	^[12]
Germany [5]	5–0	Hungary	Frankfurt	Fraport Arena	Hard (i)	^[13]
Switzerland [6]	1–3	Russia	Biel/Bienne	Swiss Tennis Arena	Hard (i)	^[14]
Kazakhstan [7]	3–1	Portugal	Astana	Daulet National Tennis Centre	Hard (i)	^[15]
Czech Republic [8]	1–3	Netherlands	Ostrava	Ostravar Aréna	Hard (i)	^[16]
Colombia	4–0	Sweden [9]	Bogotá	Palacio de los Deportes	Clay (i)	^[17]
Austria [10]	2–3	Chile	Salzburg	Salzburgarena	Clay (i)	^[18]
Slovakia	2–3	Canada [11]	Bratislava	Aegon Arena	Clay (i)	^[19]
China	2–3	Japan [12]	Guangzhou	Guangdong Olympic Tennis Centre	Hard	^[20]

Group stage

	Qualified for the Knockout stage

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group	Winners				Runners-up				Third
Group	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S
A	Serbia	2–0	5–1	10–2	France	1–1	3–3	6–7	Japan	0–2	1–5	3–10
B	Spain	2–0	5–1	11–2	Russia	1–1	4–2	8–6	Croatia	0–2	0–6	1–12
C	Germany	2–0	5–1	11–4	Argentina	1–1	3–3	8–6	Chile	0–2	1–5	2–11
D	Australia	2–0	5–1	10–3	Belgium	1–1	3–3	7–7	Colombia	0–2	1–5	4–11
E	Great Britain	2–0	4–2	10–5	Kazakhstan	1–1	3–3	7–7	Netherlands	0–2	2–4	5–10
F	Canada	2–0	4–2	9–5	United States	1–1	3–3	7–8	Italy	0–2	2–4	7–10

	Group A	SRB	FRA	JPN
1	Serbia		2–1	3–0
2	France	1–2		2–1
3	Japan	0–3	1–2

	Group B	ESP	RUS	CRO
1	Spain		2–1	3–0
2	Russia	1–2		3–0
3	Croatia	0–3	0–3

	Group C	GER	ARG	CHI
1	Germany		3–0	2–1
2	Argentina	0–3		3–0
3	Chile	1–2	0–3

	Group D	AUS	BEL	COL
1	Australia		2–1	3–0
2	Belgium	1–2		2–1
3	Colombia	0–3	1–2

	Group E	GBR	KAZ	NED
1	Great Britain		2–1	2–1
2	Kazakhstan	1–2		2–1
3	Netherlands	1–2	1–2

	Group F	CAN	USA	ITA
1	Canada		2–1	2–1
2	United States	1–2		2–1
3	Italy	1–2	1–2

Knockout stage


Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

22 November

8	Serbia	1
			23 November
17	Russia	2
			17	Russia	1
21 November
			13	Canada	2
9	Australia	1
						24 November
13	Canada	2
						13	Canada	0
22 November
						7	Spain	2
5	Great Britain	2
			23 November
11	Germany	0
			5	Great Britain	1
22 November
			7	Spain	2
3	Argentina	1

7	Spain	2

Final

Canada
0

Estadio Manolo Santana^[21]
24 November 2019

Spain
2

		1	2
1	Félix Auger-Aliassime Roberto Bautista Agut	6³ 7⁷	3 6
2	Denis Shapovalov Rafael Nadal	3 6	6⁷ 7⁹
3	Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov Marcel Granollers / Feliciano López			not played

Americas Zone

Group I

Dates: 13–14 September and 14–15 September 2019

The losers go on and participate to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs while the winners qualify to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface	Ref.
Brazil [1]	3–1	Barbados	Criciúma	Sociedade Recreativa Mampituba	Clay	^[22]
Venezuela	0–4	Ecuador [2]	Doral (Miami)¹	Doral Park Country Club	Hard	^[23]
Uruguay	3–1	Dominican Republic [3]	Montevideo	Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club	Clay	^[24]

¹Because of the Venezuelan financial crisis, the Venezuelan national team plays its "home" matches in the Miami metropolitan area in the United States.

Group II

Dates: 5–6 April, 13–14 September and 14–15 September 2019

The losers go on and participate to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs while the winners qualify to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface	Ref.
El Salvador	2–3	Peru [1]	Santa Tecla	Complejo Polideportivo de Ciudad Merliot	Hard	^[25]
Paraguay	1–4	Mexico [2]	Asunción	Club Internacional de Tenis	Clay	^[26]
Guatemala [3]	2–3	Bolivia	Guatemala City	Federación Nacional de Tenis	Hard	^[27]

Group III

Dates: 17–22 June 2019

Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (hard)

The first three nations qualify for the 2020 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs

Participating nations

Pool A

Pool B

Play-offs

Costa Rica, Jamaica and Puerto Rico qualified to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs